Brian Kelly’s Louisiana accent has ‘gotten better’ as he prepares for second season at LSU

LSU head coach Brian Kelly thinks his Louisiana accent has improved as he enters his second season of teaching within the SEC.

Kelly, who went viral in December 2021 after debuting his accent in entrance of LSU basketball fansjoked Monday that his accent has solely gotten higher with time.

“I feel my accent is fairly good and has gotten higher all through the recruiting course of,” Kelly joked whereas talking at SEC Media Days. “It relies on if I am in Northern Louisiana or Southern Louisiana. Generally I recover from to Lake Charles, it is obtained to alter somewhat bit.”

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Kelly is from Massachusetts and informed the Barstool Sports activities’ “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast in April that he didn’t faux a Southern accent.

“No, I imply, who would – that’s the stupidest factor to attempt to do,” he mentioned. “Pay attention, when you could have a Boston accent, I imply, and also you’re within the Midwest, and also you go down South, you’re going to be all tousled anyway.

LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly on the sidelines throughout a recreation in opposition to the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Nov. 12, 2022 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Pictures)

“I feel I’ve a little bit of an odd accent anyway. So add one other one, I feel it’s loopy anyway.”

Whatever the accent Kelly makes use of this season, the Tigers are in a significantly better place than they had been a 12 months in the past.

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In his first 12 months at LSU, Kelly went 10-4, taking down Alabama at residence and enjoying within the SEC Championship game.

“We now have a lot do to, progress must proceed to be made in the very best convention in school soccer,” Kelly mentioned Monday. “So, that won’t be straightforward. We’re enthusiastic about what we’ve executed in a really brief time period and the muse of success is in-built consistency.

LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly speaks throughout Day 1 of 2023 SEC Media Days at Grand Hyatt Nashville on July 17, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Pictures)

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“Alabama and Georgia proceed to carry that mantle of consistency by way of enjoying for championships. And that’s what we’ll be seeking to be at LSU is enjoying for championships persistently 12 months in and 12 months out. And also you don’t do it by simply being a one-and-done. You’ve obtained to have the ability to try this over a time period.”

The Tigers open the 2023 school soccer season in opposition to the Florida State Seminoles.

Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report